Anna Silman is a freelance writer and journalist based in Brooklyn. She was previously a features correspondent at Business Insider where she has covered the rise and fall of millennial dream startups, the pitfalls of influencer culture, the ramifications of ketamine being touted as a depression wonder drug, and plenty of literary, culinary and entertainment industry drama. As a recipient of the 2023 Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism fellowship, she spent six months reporting on the troubled quest to legalize MDMA, and is especially interested in how new technologies and societal trends affect our understanding of women’s physical, mental and sexual health. Previously she worked for five years as a writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut, where she covered culture, health, gender, lifestyle and entertainment. She has spoken about her reporting on MSNBC, CBS News, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and HBO’s ‘Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood’ docuseries.